PA security and rescue forces at the scene where a missile fired from Iran struck and killed several people in the town of Beit Awa, near Hebron, March 19, 2026. (Flash90/Wisam Hashlamoun)
The fatalities mark the first Palestinians killed in this round of fighting by an Iranian missile.
By World Israel News Staff
Four people were killed overnight Wednesday when Iranian missile fire targeted Israel, including a foreign agricultural worker and three Arab women in a Palestinian Authority-administered town.
One of the victims was identified by Thailand’s Foreign Ministry as a Thai national working in Moshav Adanim, in central Israel.
Magen David Adom medic Idan Shina said in a media statement that “metal shrapnel was scattered across the scene,” where the victim was found deceased with “severe shrapnel injuries.”
Three additional victims were Palestinian women from Beit Awwa, southwest of Hebron. They were inside a makeshift hair salon located in a temporary outbuilding near a home when the strike occurred.
The Palestinian Authority identified them as Amal Masalmeh, Shahra Masalmeh, and Mais Ghazi Masalmeh, all members of the same family.
Footage from the scene showed the structure’s roof destroyed by the impact. It appeared that a cluster munition had struck the building.
The fatalities mark the first Palestinians killed in this round of fighting by an Iranian missile.
At least eight other people were wounded in the strike.
Iran launched at least six salvos of missiles at Israel beginning Wednesday evening and continuing through Thursday morning. The cluster munitions used by Iran created impacts across a wide swath of areas, causing property damage but no additional deaths.
In Tel Aviv, an 80-year-old man was treated for smoke inhalation after shrapnel struck his apartment building. A home in the Arab municipality of Jaljulia was also seriously damaged during the barrage, though no casualties were reported there.
The latest fatalities follow another deadly strike overnight Tuesday, when Ilana and Yaron Moshe were killed in the Tel Aviv suburb of Ramat Gan.
The couple, both in their 70s, were found outside their bomb shelter, suggesting they had failed to reach safety in time.
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